Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for stabilizing wine or other beverages

US4322446A · kind A · utility

22Cited by

3References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Schenk Filterbau GmbH · DE

Inventors

Emil Heess · Winnenden, DE
Norbert Hums · Landshut, DE
Kurt Krug · Heubach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 9, 1980
Grant date	Mar 30, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12H1/08
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for stabilizing of wine or other tartaric acid containing beverages. Separation of dissolved wine lees (tartar and/or calcium tartrate) from the beverage is effected by passing the beverage through a deposit or settling layer containing tartar crystals and/or calcium crystals. The disclosure for carrying out the method includes a heat exchanger, a cooler, a dosing container, a stabilizing unit, and a sheet filter. The stabilizing unit has several filter elements arranged one above the other and spaced with respect to each other.

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